Pretending there is no sin does not lessen its burden and pain.
-Elder D. Todd Christofferson, "The Divine Gift of Repentance," Oct 2011 General Conference

With childlike humility and willingness to focus on our Father in Heaven and our Savior, we take steps toward Them, never giving up hope, even if we fall. Our loving Heavenly Father rejoices in each and every faithful step, and if we fall, He rejoices in each effort to get back up and try again.
-Elder Randall K. Bennett, "Your Next Step," October 2015 General Conference

Far more important to the success of your trip, or any other aspect of family life, is to worry less about eliminating the negatives and focus more on maximizing the positives. One easy way to do that: put away your phone, get down on your kids' level, and play.
-From The Secrets of Happy Families by Bruce Feiler, p. 210

Make no mistake, it will take a village because Mickey will fall, that is the nature of his disorder.  But he will always get up again because that is the nature of the man.
-from Dancing on Broken Glass by Ka Hancock, pg. 388

Service changes people. It refines, purifies, gives a finer perspective, and brings out the best in each one of us. It gets us looking outward instead of inward. It prompts us to consider others’ needs ahead of our own.
-Elder Derek A. Cuthburt, The Spirituality of Service, April 1990 General Conference

Elder Oaks
My mother used to love quoting
the words of Pearl Buck, who said, “I
love my children with all my heart,
but I can’t love them with all my
time.” 6 And so she was very careful in
the limited time that she had available
after being the breadwinner for the
family. She was very careful with what
we did in the scarce time that we
were privileged to be together. She
liked us to work on projects together.
I look back on that with greater affection
than I experienced at the time.
It seemed like Mother was always
organizing us to do some project to
clear out the garage. But I look back
on it, and I realize that she was pursuing
a very important parenting function
in getting the children to work
together and with their parents.
-Elder Dallin H. Oaks, from Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting: Building Up a Righteous Posterity, Feb 9, 2008, p 23